How to stretch textfield in a JasperReport as per dynamic content?

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="tree-template" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="481" leftMargin="57" rightMargin="57" topMargin="72" bottomMargin="72">
    <style name="Title" forecolor="#000000" fontName="Times New Roman" fontSize="50" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/>
    <style name="SubTitle" forecolor="#666666" fontName="Times New Roman" fontSize="18" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/>
    <style name="Column header" forecolor="#666666" fontName="Times New Roman" fontSize="14" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/>
    <style name="Detail" mode="Transparent" fontName="Times New Roman" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/>
    <style name="Row" mode="Transparent" fontName="Times New Roman" pdfFontName="Times-Roman">
        <conditionalStyle>
            <conditionExpression><![CDATA[$V{REPORT_COUNT}%2 == 0]]></conditionExpression>
            <style mode="Opaque" backcolor="#F0EFEF"/>
        </conditionalStyle>
    </style>
    <parameter name="JasperCustomSubReportLocation" class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport"/>
    <parameter name="JasperCustomSubReportDatasource" class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.JRBeanCollectionDataSource"/>
    <field name="name" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="notes" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="state" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="project" class="com.pearson.ltg.qmo.dashboard.domain.QDashProject">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[project]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="theme" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="goals" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="statusDetails" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="mitigation" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="status" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="releaseDate" class="java.util.Calendar"/>
    <group name="Group1">
        <groupExpression><![CDATA[(int)($V{REPORT_COUNT}/15)]]></groupExpression>
    </group>
    <group name="Group2">
        <groupExpression><![CDATA[(int)($V{REPORT_COUNT}/5)]]></groupExpression>
        <groupHeader>
            <band height="10"/>
        </groupHeader>
    </group>
    <title>
        <band height="58" splitType="Stretch">
            <staticText>
                <reportElement style="Title" x="4" y="0" width="477" height="56"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font size="48" isBold="false"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Release Details]]></text>
            </staticText>
        </band>
    </title>
    <detail>
        <band height="189" splitType="Stretch">
            <frame>
                <reportElement mode="Opaque" x="0" y="7" width="481" height="13" forecolor="#D0B48E" backcolor="#9DB1B8"/>
            </frame>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="279" y="7" width="202" height="13"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{name}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="79" y="7" width="100" height="13"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{project}.getName()]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="2" y="7" width="79" height="13"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Platform : ]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="179" y="7" width="100" height="13"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font size="10" isBold="true" isItalic="false"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Release Name :]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="0" y="20" width="47" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Status : ]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="79" y="20" width="100" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{status}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="0" y="40" width="79" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Release Date: ]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="0" y="60" width="181" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Release Goals]]></text>
            </staticText>
##want this field to auto stretch as per content##
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="80" width="463" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font size="10"/>
                </textElement>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{goals}==null ? "Not Defined":$F{goals}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
##want this field to auto stretch as per content##
            <staticText>
                <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="100" width="98" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Status Details]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">
                <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="2" y="120" width="463" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{statusDetails}==null ? "Not Defined":$F{statusDetails}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="140" width="98" height="20"/>
                <textElement>
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Risk Mitigation]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <textField>
                <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="18" y="160" width="463" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{mitigation}==null?"Not Defined":$F{mitigation}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="79" y="40" width="100" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd,yyyy").format($F{releaseDate}.getTime())]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <line>
                <reportElement x="0" y="180" width="481" height="1"/>
            </line>
        </band>
    </detail>
    <columnFooter>
        <band height="12" splitType="Stretch"/>
    </columnFooter>
    <pageFooter>
        <band height="13" splitType="Stretch">
            <frame>
                <reportElement mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="477" height="13" forecolor="#D0B48E" backcolor="#9DB1B8"/>
                <textField pattern="EEEEE dd MMMMM yyyy">
                    <reportElement style="Column header" x="2" y="0" width="197" height="13" forecolor="#FFFFFF"/>
                    <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">
                        <font size="10" isBold="false"/>
                    </textElement>
                    <textFieldExpression class="java.util.Date"><![CDATA[new java.util.Date()]]></textFieldExpression>
                </textField>
                <textField evaluationTime="Report">
                    <reportElement style="Column header" x="450" y="0" width="27" height="13" forecolor="#FFFFFF"/>
                    <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">
                        <font size="10" isBold="false"/>
                    </textElement>
                    <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[" " + $V{PAGE_NUMBER}]]></textFieldExpression>
                </textField>
                <textField>
                    <reportElement style="Column header" x="370" y="0" width="80" height="13" forecolor="#FFFFFF"/>
                    <textElement textAlignment="Right" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                        <font size="10" isBold="false"/>
                    </textElement>
                    <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Page "+$V{PAGE_NUMBER}+" of"]]></textFieldExpression>
                </textField>
            </frame>
        </band>
    </pageFooter>
</jasperReport>

Answer 1

Just add the isStretchWithOverflow="true" to the textField that you want as an element.

<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">
    <reportElement x="279" y="7" width="202" height="13"/>
    <textElement/>
    <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{name}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>

Answer 2

1. Click on the particular textfield in iReport.
2. On the right side, see TextField properties.
3. Check the option "STRETCH WITH OVERFLOW".

It worked in my case.

Answer 3

Got the solution. Modified all the static text fields and all the elements properties to positionType="Float".

Answer 4

If you are using Jaspersoft Studio, click on the text field you want to change, navigate to its properties, enter the Text Field tab and change Text Adjust to StretchHeight (default is CutText). Also, if your text field is in the frame, you should set its Position Type to Float

Answer 5

You can add attribute isStretchWithOverflow set is true <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">